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Blu-ray Review: Mad Men Season Five

 by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief When we last saw the staff of Sterling Draper Cooper Price, Don (Jon Hamm – Sucker Punch, Robot Chicken) and Betty (January Jones – X-Men: First Class, Love Actually) had split and moved on to separate…

DVD Review: Bait 3D 2 Disc Set

by Karl Madsen, Editor Not only did Jawsmake people afraid to go in the water, it started a many decades’ long run of ocean creature movies. Giant sharks, prehistoric sharks, mutant sharks, and hordes of sharks. The bar was also…

Blu-ray Review: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

  by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor When you look back at the entire history of Batman, there are only a handful of story lines that have truly defined Batman as a comic; despite being around for more than fifty years,…

Blu-ray Review: The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor The Walking Dead have returned! The second season of the hit series from AMC and mastermind Robert Kirkman has finally made it’s way to our homes, just in time for marathons before the new season starts…

Blu-ray Review: The Hunger Games

by Dan Stewart, Guest Reporter The latest craze earlier this year was the new film adaptation of The Hunger Games. It’s the story of a future United States, now called “Panem”. In this future, the government and upper class have…

Movie Review: Brave

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief Brave is set in medieval Scotland where our new Disney Princess, Merida DunBroch (Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire, Harry Potter) is coming of age and is commanded by her parents King Fergus (Billy Connolly – X-Files: I…

Blu-ray Review: Men In Black I & II

by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor Back in the mid-nineties, comic book adaptations-to-movies were still in their infancy. Hollywood was looking towards comics closely for inspiration, as several movies were vaguely adapted from comics around this time. Such titles as Mystery…

Blu-ray Review: Meatballs (1979)

by Chris Learned Kane, Reviewer. One of the most perplexing and annoying (but nonetheless true) ironies of adulthood:  walking down a candy aisle and realizing at once two things:  you could totally afford to buy ALL of it; and that…

Blu-ray Review: One for the Money

by Karl Madsen, Editor I have to be honest, when I first heard that there was another Katherine Heigl project coming out I did what many others did – I had a few laughs at the project’s expense. Then I…

Anime DVD/Blu-ray Review: Cat Planet Cuties: The Complete Series

 

Don’t worry cutie, there’s plenty of pussycat to go around! 

What’s better than cute kittens or cool aliens?  Busty aliens in skin tight suits with cat ears, naturally!  Prepare to have an extra close encounter with FUNimation’s Cat Planet Cuties:  The Complete Series on DVD/Blu-ray combo.  A sexy, harem-style anime with a sci-fi action twist and plenty of geeky references, Cat Planet is a fast-paced, playful series full of fan service in sleek, shiny animation.

Blu-ray Review: Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection and Marvel Animated Features Collection

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor
Getting ready for the live-action release of The Avengers? Lionsgate Home Entertainment has you covered! Assembling for the first time are the Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection and the Marvel Animated Features Collection, featuring adventures of the Ultimate Avengers, as well individual stories focusing on The Hulk, Iron Man, and Doctor Strange!

 

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Anime DVD/Blu-ray Review: Sekirei: Pure Engagement (Season 2)

What training is complete without a little mudwrestling?

by Laurie Love, Anime Editor

The busty beauties of Sekirei return for a second season in Pure Engagement for 13 more episodes and a juicy OVA!  For those yet to experience all the eye-candy, the series features warrior aliens known as sekirei, whose full powers emerge when the gals are bound to human masters, or ashikabi.  Awkward but sweet high school student Minato is one such master –and his bouncy harem of heroines is growing rapidly!  From the super endowed sekirei Musubi to tipsy Kazehana and little Ku, all the lovely ladies are back to battle for warrior supremacy, fight the mysterious MBI Corporation and secure Minato’s adoration.

Blu-ray/DVD Review: War Horse

by Karissa Barrows, Editor

Albert Narracott (Irvine) and Joey

When you think “horse movie”, what do you think of?  Black BeautySeabiscuitSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron?  Typically, I usually think some movie that’s going to make me cry because of shameless horse-killing, the overplayed horse-separated-from-loved-owner-and-later-reunited storyline proven to elicit tears, or some cowboy movie.  War Horse, Steven Spielberg’s newest film, uses those first two, mixed with a little Seabiscuit-style “miracle horse” aspect, and a little bit of storytelling I thought slightly reminiscent of Tarantino – and makes for a huge success.